Original Light Ivory Color & Mix?, ...L80E, 11, 1110, etc......????? Options

[Tom_T]

Okay, so I want to take my early-73 914-2.0 (marketed in USA as a "914S" then) back to the original OE Light Ivory color, which I can still see under the floor mats, etc. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

The problem is, I'm seeing quite a range of this innocuous color on various 914s & 911s, ranging from a bright white to a more mellow off-white befitting the "light ivory" name, and I'm seeing color chart sample chips in that same range! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Then to compound that, the 73MY documents which I've found online call the color L80E in some places & 1110 in others, while my COA calls it only 11. Of course they also call my #31 Beige upholstery "black" - contrary to those documents' interior codes & even their own other COAs where black is #11! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

So does anybody have the proper L80E/1110/11 "Light Ivory" paint tint/color mix formula for a 1973 MY 914?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Here are a few examples from my research to illustrate my dilemma....

L80e chip from Wolfsburg West on 73 VW Conertible Bug:


72 914 Dealer Color Samples:


71 PPG VW Paint Color Chart with L80E:


74 914 Dealer Color Samples:


72 Porsche Dealer Color Codes - Paint & Interior:


...continued....

[Gustl]

L80E is the correct colour code for a 914-4 and late 914-6 (from about 9141430396 and later)

1110 (or only 11) is correct for early 914-6

the colour is the same, but VW and Porsche used different codes


in some later colour brochures they used B8V9 - but this code never occured on the Karman tag, only in brochures and repair shop listings


the different appearance might be a result of different cameras and different light
all of the above codes are exactly the same

hope that helps

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Gustl

[Tom_T]

L80E is the correct colour code for a 914-4 and late 914-6 (from about 9141430396 and later)

1110 (or only 11) is correct for early 914-6

the colour is the same, but VW and Porsche used different codes


in some later colour brochures they used B8V9 - but this code never occured on the Karman tag, only in brochures and repair shop listings


the different appearance might be a result of different cameras and different light
all of the above codes are exactly the same

hope that helps

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Gustl

Thanx for confirming that they're all the same color by different codes, as I'd suspected.

However, there are the slight differences as shown in those later photos, because I've seen a buddy's 73 911S next to a 74 914-2L - both had Light Ivory, but in the very same lighting side by side - the 911 looked more of a light creme color as in those pix, while the 914's was whiter.....if that makes sense.

Since I don't read/speak German, maybe you could translate what they're saying about the variances in the Light Ivory between the POR11 & POR6804, POR6808 & KO109 in the two samples below? They also appear to show two color/tint mixes at the left & right, as well perhaps?

Light Ivory at the 2nd from top sample:


Light Ivory at the bottom sample:


I appreciate any help there!
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